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With news that an unvaccinated seven-year-old girl is in a Brisbane hospital in a coma with tetanus, Dr Bartone joined Ray Hadley on 2GB to discuss whether a public education campaign is needed to reassure vaccine-hesitant parents.

Since Dr Google entered the vernacular a decade ago, people have been researching symptoms on the internet and coming up with inaccurate diagnoses. AMA President, Dr Michael Gannon, says Google's move to provide higher quality information is a positive, but it can never replace a visit to the doctor.